The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 662, 17 August 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

E 4 ual ai-i 1 ci.ict jtntico to all mfn, Oi wtiJ »r h 'te yrpeisua ion, religious or • • * * Here sha!! the Pres< tht Pjopi.b's rigU U.'l H 11 I. Unawi.d Uv iu < In"»ic- nnd nnVibt'd hy e'rr^

THURSDAY AUGUST 17, IS7(»

The political situation, as shown by latest telegrams received, is one of considerable eotan/jlenent and complication, and though there is, it seem s, no fouuda ion for (be stalemeut that the Govenimeab would cut the Gordian Knot l>y the throwing overboard of Die Counties Bill, they are, nevertheless, willing- to tiioj their sails to the threatening gale by submitting vbe Bill to a select commiti.ee and accepting amendments of derail. Although the division on the Sepa-vtion resolutions has not come off, Ministers are safe upon that issue, and, doubtless a dircet attack upon them by a TOte of want of confidence motion would only end in the deteat of the Opposition, The latter seem to feel this, and rely, it appears, on a motion to he tabled by Sit' George Grey, to be intixwluced when the second reading of the Oountie> Bill is called on, that it shall be read tliat day six months. But this move is evidently met by the determination of the Government to refer the Bill to * committee. Foiled on this point, the Opposition will possibly make a fierce oii8 l au«'hfc on the na<ive or financial policy of the Government. Th« House, however, is weary of debate, and the settlement of the Land Fund aiid Separation resolutions wi'l have loosened the ceroe it which up to now has held together t!ie somewhat ill-fitting fragment! which have iVvrued tho Opposition arch. That body will find the leaven of party disintegration beginning to work as soon as ever tho Separation question is dead and buried. Political alliances, like the prophet's gourd, g.*ow up and ripen in a single night, but, like that scriptural vegetable, as often wither away quite as quickly, and so the Opposition will m this case probably find it. The plan of referring the Counties Bill to ft select com in it tee, if judicuousl\ appointed, is, perhaps the best that could have been adopted. To hay« abandoned it would have given noguatantee to the country that a better one wonld bave been brought forward next Session. "What the Ministry could not effect in the last recess it is scarcely to be ho pod they could elF«ct iv the next. In referring the matter to a select committee, the Rill, in detail, will be calmly and judicially discussed by men of all shades o^ political opinion. A s< *ect commit te* 1 is therefore perhaps tlie best pneuibli » ruoi'ole in which ibe dross a id imparities of tho Coaui.es Bill can be purged from it. T<> Imt<' abandoiiftd if, moreover, would lu«e l«ft the Colony to an administrative iotenegaum which could hardly have been filleu up by the Central Govei-nmert and the piedent Highway DUtvicU and Corporations with I

aatisfaqfcion to the public, for be it remembered that with the last day of the Sesbiou Provincialism perishes.

It is a eomewhsit noticeable fact that the advertisement calling for tenders for the construction of the permanent way for the Auckland and Puniu Railway ia not for that portion of the line from Mercer to Hamilton, but from Mercer to Nganriwahia only, as though it were intended merely to complete and ivnder tit for traffic so much of the Hue at present. This, whatever may be the jeason, is not because so much of the line only is fit to receive the permanent way, for the hue is completed to this state all the way from Mercer to Hamilton. How it is the works upon the Auckland and \Vaikat6 ltailvtaty have been allowed to drag thteir slow length along over so lengthened a periud as they have done, we are at a loss to understand. The time is now past by some months when the Minister for Public Works declared in a previous session that the line would be opened. We now learn, in the Statement delivered the other day, that the line will nut be opened for another twelvemonths. We ask how is this — and certainly the public vvill not rest satisfied without some further explanation than that afforded by the Hon Mr Richardson iti his Statement, that the winter had been an exceptionally wet on«. The winter he referred to we must presume to be that of 1575, for that now passing away bus been an exceptionally tine one. But, we would make bold to ask the Minister of Works, was not the winter of 1875 as severe iv one part of the Colony as the othev, or is the tract of country, some 30 or 35 miles in extent, lying between Mercer and Ngaiuawahia, from some peculiarity affecting if, the arctic legion of New Zealaud. There hag been no Mich stoppage of works from this cause in other parts of the Colony. With the exception of the short Kaipura and Kiverhead line, and th« extension fvotn Penrose 'm Onehunga, the Auckland and Puniu railway from Auckland to Mercer is the only railway iv the Province of Auckland opened under the present Public Works policy. Altogether this Province, which produces nearly oue fifth of the entire Customs Revenue of Colony, or, as ia 1876, £240,003 outof £1,325,312, has only some 70 miles of railway opened for traffic, while the remainder of the Colony can show a very different sjare of awention from the Government, having some 479 miles of line open for traffic, a proportion altogether at variance with equicy aud fair dealing. And tli is stme of things, we ara told, is to last another year. But why sa Surely, if, as we uuderstaud, the line is fu readiness for the laying of the permanent way as far South as Hamilton, and very nearly so to Oiiaupo itself, why, iv the name of common sense and couimon right, should uo long a delay occur iv completing it aud why should it stop short at Ngarnawahia ? A viaduct, a large aud expensive work, tumbles down on the Brunuer line, aud are the peopJo of that locality told they must wait a twelvemonth for the line to be opened ? Not a bit of it. Tho representative of that district is at once told l!mt the work shall be reconstructed without delay. And why should the samo promptitude of action not be applied in the case of the WaikatO llailway? Is ie not a woik as urgently required as any in the Colony 1 Does it not. open, up us fine and thickly settled an agricultural district as cau be j found in tidier island, North or So iv I], to say nothiug of t!ie Maori produce and traffic it would draw to it? Mr Richaidson, in his Statement, complains that the Aucklaad and Meicer truffic has not been so large as w««s expected, and indicates that it is no use to lower the rates, aud thus attempt to increase the traffic, that is, " if the lino is to be worked so as to leave a margin above working expen&es." We leave the question out of consideration altogether whether lowering the rates would increase the traffic without causiug the railway to bo woi'Led at a loss, but we do not hesitate to say that tae true cause of the traffic not coming up to expectations is because the line stops abort of the main, country it is intended to tap. Had it been opened to Ohaupo, or, even to Hamilton when the Minister for Public Works promised that it should bo a year ago, he would havehad a different Ule to tell the House this Session.

The latter of C J W B iv our issue o Siitu.Mttj lust hait caiiioJ tho expressi n of con&uJeiable dissitisfcotion at the ion duct ot (be Croveru nent in acnvol} proceeding with tbo policy of lhiut>Uu-; native sealemc its viiihiu .fc'ifl border* of ihd tetlled count iy againfct the wishes aud feeli.iga of the European residonfs. Iho •urrey of lan 1 for T.ik«roi to jßau, going on at Ngiruawivhta, alluded to byC J W B, appears all the more unjust, that white the repeated requests of tie inlnbitan't to bar* suburban Jands about the town ot Nguruawaliia put up at u rea.-ioiuib.e price, tay Li to 1.5 inotoad of LlO an nero, ha* beea refused bj the Government, • block of Homo 300 acred of tlid bottt, ol this land cai beaurvcyed »ni gnituitonstv granted to a native. We can icarudy yt't bclinre that ihe Governmont roJl oitvnd the survey for this purp <ie, cou •ideiing thn Ten strong cxpreision oi le«* lug evinced in the mutiei ot nutive •etileTient ummapi tiioin by tlie VVaikiio I in ip-vners ami o cupicr.-i, and are m-itiiuc i»g eiiqiunei lulu tnu report, on tl'o lesult ot wuich will di pond the actioi. thia journal will t»nc tn tho uiitU'r.

Owners op Loos in ths Cambridge North Township District «r» required to provide collars for and icgister tiieirdo^s The re-appointment of Mr W Q Colhui us ranger is ul»o notified-

SnRPBa awd Treks.—Mr 9 Bright will hoi 1 a dearing-out sile ol Mr Shaip'a shrubs, forest, and liuit tr. c?, on Saturday npxfc. at Lewies Hotul, To Awaiautu, at 1 p.m.

Cambridok Salr Yards. - Subicribers to the aboT • urdertaking, it. will be seen, are requested to forwmd the amount* of their Bubiicriptnns either to Mr Kirkwood or Mr E Hewitt at once, as the work of erecting the yard* baa been commenced.

Abbotts MptunpHNß Cor DistbhuTlO ji. — It will be teen th it Mr Abbot' 1 * advertisement has been withdrawn frim our paper in consequence of the list haring boen completely filM up, a fact, the announcement of wbidi will be i'lterestiDg to inauy of our rsadors in Waikato.

L*w on the Fbontiih. — Three n-itive youths were arrcited below Ngaruiwahia arid forwarded t.i the Alexandra lock-up for stealing' bor+*s from natnes and •elling them to Europenna The Kin;?, ,howeirer, sent an, order that tttey wiire ; not to be pvnUhed, «o afier .reluming 'tlie money to. the purohaiert fhey were relensed.

The Separation Qpestiov. ■*- Another political meeting has been held, this time at Newmarket. K» solutions in favour of Separation and of «ifending lit* Kuipara railway into A Uckland, and iv opposition to the -Ooiuitus Bill were severally passed. Tlio proposal which ißcms to hnvo been most loudly rheer d of all, U6«over, was ftue m >de by Mr iVlcCaul, that tr WaB now (ituo for peiple t> go home to thtir|»lou»lung, and '-elrain from wasting any more time at public meetings.

Tax Quickstkp tirrivedlute in Hami'ton list n»ght v ,owiiig to nn ftc. ident which detained her for rcpurt at Meicer. On I ue<d<iT ni ,ht when towing a barg* be ween Meicsi* *»d Ranjji.iri it became necessary, to • lave the steamer from grou.idmK, to atop her suddenly, but the burge, propelled \>y the way on her, s'rui-k f'e steamer on the i<ein ujiung her rdddtir. Hay ng no mfnns of sti-enige «b was lasted to llm bu go and thin B'etT d down arrtvic^ e-i -ly yeuerd iy raoroiig iv Meicer, whrru the d.unag>> w.is r^pairod.

Goveenuenx SAVi^aa Bank and As-toaANCK rHUBT.--lhf baltinces at the ui-sdit of accomits m the Gi>v. roim-nt T.'iKt fc und on t lie 30uh of June, last Kh^w •v total of 1.903 401 S«, of *h eh L701.83G 1 4-» 8 J belong* to tlie Post-olfii-c havings Bual>, L1G2.(i02 \* Id GoTerniiient A*sura en, LlB 79/ 2* 9d tvraporiiry deposit*, L11,(34 7- Ln,»J Af-su'ance Fund. 01 the <i'oove >urn L147,4:'10 is inve»ted in the 1 G >v> imiiv »t I.» aurauee Aivoiint ; ' tisi9 8 ( Jl 18i i-i Hie ' Generul \ccount ;' .i.ultli- balioce of L165,13u' 10j appear* to be on ha.nl.

C*MBMI>OK TRLTCCHUrH AVD PORT Office — Tt>ndrr« for tao erect u>n of a new building for a pott ami telegraph oQice, at Cambridge, a t larited by tb« Colo.uul A.-chi ect, and will be rcci-ivei bt tli" Minister for Wo\k*. at tlie offlun of the Coloiiial A*.-b«iect, «t WeUi.jgtou, up to nooa of ths 28 h 1 nt». Ten.ltrt »j tele^ra-n wit b« receive^, profided the o>igt.)ftl ten<le.-s »nd de^osjos «re lodged h •h'-fi t ( i- above d ite wi U Llia near st D'tl.ict Engineer, nnd c ni«li(ion», spjiifiCitio'is, &■, mtiy be seen at the District K.igi it-«ri Office, Ngarnawnbia.

I Tim A. C. For CX.— The nimual report *n tire "Armed Ca.it übuUrj Force, fu.MJfcliod to" fhe H,>ino bj th<- Coiiutus«ion«r, Colonel,' ifoule. «how» thnt at tlie rlusr of the fi.w.<cial jear, 30) h June 1875, thu f r» conthlte'i <»(" 737 of all tauki Dut* «ig the pact \e.T. 1 15 hare either iCMgaed, 3r have boo i dinclMr^etl.oi* taken * hoir owa di-cWg br dp.v.li, and ifesor. Tim wti<)« 51 .ic w u><snit>e>'3 Imre beeu euro'lfd. Tm» lt-a.-t-s iln strenplh of tbe foroo »♦• C 76 of a'l ia,«ks on (Its 30th of Ju.ie \*sl, Jlie iiuinbtT of (oiu'ie include* tho-e «e.'*i i? as city and at town p ' ice mil Auckland and el*ew'«>ero.

Tu* Pitßi*iTte 10 F>orßiLL Tram.— Thu -oHowiag it *ti t • I by Hie ' Cyo\% ' to bo toe lilt of names i.'on which th« O'a isloUu-'cii connncoe will i«l«ct <h« foo bill tB4-n wlic'i wi 1 Tiii-,tue)J-<e»<T.ii P-ovi.ice , foi'tlre purpnaa of t ji.ig eonc Uaio.ii with (,lio va-otis local tenui*, and OHJ be exgeded to leave foe Aucnla.iJ on Tliu silaj >uxtr:— Mes-.b J A.ul«nou, T 8 Bake/, F Btvker, J Baker, C Bolt<>n, It or X Cliapaiit), J£ J Couvc -ill, C II Croxto ), J R Evani, C S FF t -a«r, W Hjirtla.icl, Q 11 Leo. — Ma.oit, U S Mathius, U M'Curdeli, II W Woo p, L M Oihner, J Pater*)n, V Pilli ij. 13 a id -V PofH, T U Huwiod, O H i>4mp s uii, »nd W Stungdr.

CiMßtt-DSK Lithe* ky Society. — A. mrel'i.jr of Ine Riure >oc<ei.y w»a hiM nt fie *<.lio ,l-liou*e on Tue<td .y »>t, the Bi.h i.istaut. Ihis cr.nMg proved uinuYourabb for peeler, tans, i.nd the attendance was li ailed. Ah lite Vicc-Pnbii'ent wa» amo.iy t!ie »oscn<'«ei, tli« prncipleitui ou toe jjio'/inuyai hni to h» dupenitU with, pad the few \> o«ont w«re eutortiil'd an I ntuu-ted null a otlection o> r<>adi i<j», <tc. Altijoi'^li tho suntou i< pa bi'ig ittrtiy, fie me nbe.-a ol th> Society livo in liojjo of bet e<* t>iuis, when their iTWii i ail purdfl will 'to bettor & li-{ th >n nt p c^e it. O i Tuesday neit, tlio 22nd i iitant, au <n,iy will bn road by Mr Ash well

JntfNiK Fiiovr ■ — On Monday ni^ht, or nf'or Tuesday morn>ng, we wore vi ued by (Hit of the sev« oat irotu was experienced ia W.llRutJ for iuiny m y»-ar. At Itve o'cloc* in tli» Morning oa Tv d iy, tho eVd w<w ia trn-c, and n.ioi'Jy |fter ».ii) nc wo had in H'lia'l'Oii «n inrtince of its kore.iy in the case of a large tin of »a er on top sf which wai ico Bi> t'.iick tliuta boy 01 twelve ycitn of ag« atoocl upon it and had tv st.unp on it tv break iiiiMii^li. To tiie cod 100, v\e must ntt ibute t lie lat ne^ of th • publishing of the Waikato Tivtea on Tuesday m»rni •(,', *"d e he btu.roil uppua .nice of tha innde pages, this cold interfering (adly with tho uirnblnne>s of ill uu'iipojiliv'a lingeis <iiid fJ'e emy u d ro 0 u ,ir ji-.ii ibim >n t thai in printing, h.kl tlii« 100, i i »,jito of a iiovo. We ru»t last I'uoi l.iy HfiriiuiK'n f. obi w.i tho iio-t ot'sha •eusjn 1 and tint for a io>^ lnuo it in iy coiirmus 1o be the ev*ro,t ever rememoeiod in Hamilton iij t\x* oldeat iQli.ibitant.

Enj >yin<* a Shave. — Thrrt» ii m m«n in iViorg*n street wbo c faeud tnrned white in a. Single hour }<©sttr<lajr H» liad euterod a barber's nhop 10 i;ot n •hure, aud wai »oroowhat furpna d wh n tlio tonnonal artist, m ■urn an ho hnd pi ood him in » ch»ir and wrapped a calico aproa around bit n« k lockud the .oor, xl>* nlunn nliutea »* the D.irbor beg*n lathering him, thuu^h he was n t a lit le aifcounlifd fr m time to timo to see hiui pick aouiiihmn i-ivisible from th« cup, and ci-tmg it on tlio fluv tre.\lit b neatb bia (out. Ta.n his hai- began io rue a* the barber übk<-d tf h ta<v that d«rk raun sitting on the c >a itoro — not 'he one with die oirtiiquake i . hn \t >ckebut tlie UK one w'h Ins hn un i r hi* rm. Then the Wber, wi '« a faieof I orror drew off li * b ot, ai•h .1 h git ly the sole at ar .'a I ng.i, fiibt ati. mptod to suik* «onu thi i ; out of tl • <g, and aft t nurd oui<i k«( : 'Ho' up k.rc in tb* fotl I feel Mm wrigglii.g—

he'll come out- Lush ! — and then put it down cautiously in a corner and moun- ', ted guard over the aperture with a r.izjr. But when the eecentrio barbpr began to lo >k towards hU customer and m tter. !It won't come out! But blood wi 1 cure my frezny ; then why not hi<? It won't bo more than twenty-one yenrn, and the Judge will call mo ' Mr' when lie pas c* the sentencp,' and move I in hi- direction the customer remombcrDd an en^agemnnt down town and skipped out of the window in Co npany with two wig blo-ks, a. bottle of bat rum, two flasks of invigorator, and a box of paper collais He did not, p<w«e to go through the fornaalii j of rera -nng th« lather and apron, or of p«.j\ni{ for his fluvH, tut hop a » thy hit »eil skin cap ami Ul-ter ovrrcoa", whioh he f irgot to tuke with him in tu^ excitement of the moment, wul reimburse tin* burber for tlio coit of brok"n gla ■, kc. For liia own part, he in morn than erer con»incfd thut it will prerrnt disen^es of the throat if i» msn only wears his beard long. — ' Civic »go Tribune '

10.0 T., ALEXvNDiti. Lodois 81. — At tho usinl ouarterly mr*ting held at th> Public Hall on Saturday evening lutt, the following officer* were installed b* Bro Jaraus Salmon, Loige Doputv : — Bro Wilson, WOT; Bro Sage, WVT ; B-o Campbell, WC ; Bro Brab.w.t, Bro M»crtonr»ld, Fs ; Bro Silmon. S; Bro Mfccfarlane, M ; Bro Ricbdale, OG ; Bro F^rline, DM; Bio Hughes, iGt ; Bro Hopo, tho retiring WOT, was installed pWCf. It was resolved that the nmt Lodg© w»«ting, on Thursdiy, tho 24th instant be an open ma -ting, at irliioli tliero will bs vocul and iastrumenUl music, interiparsed with other amu ementt, and tho '.jjubno «ro iariied to attead.

Hb knew wjtat hb was Hugging.— j 4 A couple fivm tlio ountry,' say* the • Danbury News,' 'camo to the city yesterday, procured a license and were married, iv due form. They left in ttao afremom train for borne. Ih^y attncted tho attention of erery p.»*enger bv their lavnh display ol affection. Tho young mun kopt hi» aim tight around the bndo's waist, as if hti wm afraid she wou'rt Tani»h be'orc he knew it ; and the dirtn't wem to care if he hugged her right ■ilons for half a day. She wis so terribly homely tint oveiybouy wontervd how he oou'd love her, and byemnd-by he aeoinsd h> think that au Explanation would be in order. He burro eJ a chew of tobacco (if a man nenr the do >r, and rein irked : ' I'm g'ing to bu^ that yirl all ihe w»y homp, though I kuow she is it puny. 1 ' I •roull'i't,' brefly res ion ed tha rn in - And that's where you'd fool vur^elf,' contimi'd theyouu^ man 'When I'm hugging ft hundred acros of clem, nice lan<, with foity h>-a4 <>f itock on it, I ran mike tins homWiesf girl in the w^rld look hke in angel to me.'

TItWELMNO UMll R DIVFICULTtKS.— Goioi; to \ Ball u\ tho Wiiikat<i i< hot witliiut. Ut difll-ultu-s and troubles, as ins unced last wet-k in tho ca-<« of tho Mmonto Bill at A.li«xaa I ra, 4S u narty of l.tdto* an i gentlemen who cs«a\ed tli«s jmititjy from Cauibnd'je to Alox-indtu found it. Aiour rendeis are 'iware, there his bocn no bridge at Wtilltor's Gullj ••irica lust BumaifrB fl «o Is, but n itho"threatening ram nor riv.-rs deep t-ould keep biok our Cmnbridge p.irty on Th-ir,j-•ico c.in feits i.itenfc. On arrivin? at tho lite of tho old bridge, thn horaea were Ukeu out of tho carnage, and taken ncron ; Ih n, tho l»dioi wrra c^raed orer als •. Fortunat-lj, our travellers hud oulv to contend with water below, i ot from abovo, and tho in iJont wai pro»oc.it.re r.ithor of mirtli and tun thin •nnoianc>>. Still, when w« rec <\ eot ih .t the di-ttnet; of CamlviJge h pus off from flip Uppor W.iiknto Beitlcmen's by »uc»i a gip at thit uuhrnl^ed ceek, wo cannot but feel glad thit tho Pukeliura Board kiia determined to go m for the performance of the work, oto-i though it mortgage iti r.ites sor iho next joae to come.

Hamilton Tklioraph ace >mmodation. — /Uluough tiast ifamlion, and rery p openy t'.o, u following up the refusal of the Poit naster-G-eneral to com\Ay »it.h their require vent, by a mem rial to th« Assembly ii-olf for the nmo share of t lejnpliic auil postal accommodation as oth r parts of tna Piovince enjoy, we vrouhl call tlis attention of tno Authorities lo mi ad intzrim requirement in the present oifi c It is absolmpjy necocsiry lor t'iH proper porfornuncr of the work ot the office tli<»t » itrejnd boj »hould bo tnkfln on a* messen^tr. A< it is, tie G- A'ernmunt, in receiving U'ltgraai* or If inito», is simply undertaking a con tnct which a* ofi*n m* not it lutU to perform, f'>r fie very ewenoe mid »alue of telegraph cowtnunicition is it* promptness. It is little uurt it a tni»3siige bo tlislieil alonji tho »'i'« ii a iiiinuto or f >»o, il,i 1 , for the »nnt of a sutfi.i nc_» of band', that inrssi^u i* (ielftyml in it« trunsmiSDion -t many liouw, or e»rn loni«r. It it i:npo sir>le for onn man and one boy to n Un.l 10 the dutiot of the Po*t Qilteo, the window, the Iniunnco and SaTing* Bank Dupjrtmeu', the telegraph mitruinent, and tho delivery of theuie»s (jus— mid tho cona.queuce is thit the services m, of nee nsity. inelH lenily performed ! Tho appoi.ilm'jnt of unoilier boy ai ineMfenger i* «U thur is r. quired, »nd iii.-«ly the public is on.itled to ihia much, contidnnn^ the Hannltoa Station i« one of tho b'-st paying m tho i'rorinco to the department.

Hamilton W.ht Cemktfrt.— A ratetii>^ c.i"e'i for Iho purpose of receiving the Inn net r tiiry and treasurer* rppo t, »ud rUuiiiiit ii coiumi't c for the nviu«igcinent of the Imiinl gremnif, wns held on Saturday aft.i moon at Wa ker's Coinmeicitl Hold, Ham Ron Went. dipt Beera w*-» ritid tt> Jh- chair, /»nd mllt-d upon th* l.iv' trotuurcrmnlttecrela v, MrU-Siirth, t> read tho u,ila»CB r»he*< an I repaid Mr Smith explained thit he felt ■nmcwhat awkwnnl y circmnst meod, th* whole oi the aci-uuii » und Toucher < having l>ei»n dostroyod «h"ii lii* pruim*-* were burned «ome two years ago. Ho had hftwt'T jr prepnred a bulance -heet p r»iy irom in *m»Tj out (H'liu'ipa ly by the a»» sti<co ol th»-< wl\o had supi»lied mute id and work, B.»rau of whom were then proaenfc, and coulu rnrify the st ito I'onts mude. A ■eptrutt' ifuiik account had ben kept for the trut , ■o that fieie could bo no possible mistake ['lie balnncH to the cro'lit of the t<us w8 £5 I7d 41. lie luvi ben anxiou tlut tlr* mtuting ihoaid be fade i u h< would coon b>> leaving Hamilton, lie thvii' reid the following b llano i sheet: — KrccipU— By •üb'« > ri(ition«, £41 14s lid Esoendituie — To 22 chain* ditching, n. i'H i"G 12- ; 155 (4Unri posts, £7 lor ; 2chams erecting fence, £7 14s ; 1400 quioks, £1 Vm lOd ; 1500 ditto, £1 2s 6d ; carriage, 2« Od ; planting quioki, Ufa ; grans «aud, £1 si ; iron for gate, 12* 6d ; wood ditto, 7» 6d ; 3l>o rails, £6 ; carting post*, 12s Gd ; 2 gate po ts and plan ing •■me, 15s ; 10 cyprua pines and carting same, 7s 3d ; paint for gate, 3s 6d ; extra wo k done by Dent, 10* ; bank balance £5179 4d: total, £41 14s lid.— Ou th* motion of Mr R W Qimmond, seconded by Mr Cal lerwood, th» report and bal.mc ■heel Wire adopted ; and 8-T<rral pre»en: ■poku in high terttn of acknowledgment of the aemeus ren <c ed by Mr Smith, <m whom th>- sole duty and . eaponabiiiiy of looking after the grareyard had devolTod, »n I bui for whom neither the trmt nor the cemetery itself would hare been in *he<r present siusfiotory position. — Mr X jox thought that in electing a committee

of man igoin«»nfc the Tarious etanomiaations should be fatrly represented ; »nd after •orae dUcussion it was resolved to fix the number of committee at beron, when the following gentlemen were fleeted, mmely : —Messrs B W Uammond, N R Uox, WcGotern, Jone»,Knox, Lwgbofctom and Taylor. The difficulty of getting to the graveyard wis discussed, And the comm.ttee »skod to at once communicate with the Town Board to get the road put iv drcent order A tote of thanks to Mr Smith for lii« energy and Zf nl in carrying out the Tariju* improTem»nW to tho cemetery wai parried unanimously, and with a rote of thank* to the chair tho meeting separated.

Tni Coromaudbl Mill, w« ar* glad to learn is to be rusu«eitated by the Uto Editor (Snjder) When it cams to a discontinuance, the people of Cor >- mandel found out their muukv, and that district without its loml pap r would bniwhere. They 'her fore proposed to h'm to remuin, promising a more ample I mensuro of support. With tin p<per i/i Mr Brownes own hands, independently ronductetf, and well supported locally, we ma? expect to we'conie bick to life » ama 1, but by no moans inaigni&Va t member of the fourth e»t.a c. Tv its last issue the Eiitor, in hit usual racy and amusing stye, somewbat fully went into the cause* of the p»pe<-'* d«cfa«e. • Tli<* cause of thettoppa^e', he said, • ii told in I a few words. The concern his not pail. It not only has not paid, but it has bean worked at a Toss, although the utmost economy in its working ba* been exarcided. The proprietor brought some •mill means into Ooromandel, but bejond a suit of clothes, one sliirfc to changa the ot'.er, and an ullage box of paper collar* ! it is tolerably certain he will take nothing out. So that if anjo:ie should require in any capaci'T, the arrricee of an I ellerly gentleman of rery prepossessing appeirance, souud ia mind, and fifteen stone weight he hereby intimates that lie is open to an encasement. Sahry no object, so long hs be obtains the werowuh to proTulrf for an excellent appetite, and a very moderate quantity of ttrinenled liquor of reasonable quality. If we linve a pre'erancc, w« tliou d like the bille. ofdoorkeepor to a Governrae it department, where we woul I De permitted to relnrn an insolent ansirer lo a civil qutMtioa put bj any ow of thoout-iin public ; It would tako the edge off of our feeling* ' Me then goes on to explain thu difficulty under which a snaill »trug;/ling journal l»binr# to satisfy, not only th-j re «<o iioble. but also the u irea^orja >)• expectations of it* readoi-s. Putiins* the matter al egoneally, h» sajt :— ' We j)a*s i he «hop f Mr Cutlets, tlu but her. He stops v-> and saw. 'Why, Mr Suydur, you dil not gite v* in jour paper t'ns inornuii, \ihat is r >ing on m P.irliainant at We'linjjt > i— iolo^rum» don't co-«t niuc'i do llioy ! 'To tins we reply by asking to ba per»ed with a coupl« of swre breads'A couplo of what? 'A cou •)• of »v»eei breads' we repeat. ' Why, tlw mi- ana a couple of calTes — U woul I it pat me to kili cilve* for th-ir swee.breids. We cay ' uc had bt-onlold, culyes tvera cheip enough.' nnl then walk on Now it in that n b tier's "if» pull* us up, and ahe save, nlut a >rt of a paper do you call yiii'S? There w*a a tow two doors from hrr* at two o'el >ck last Sunday morning, which qoite broke my r- it, and you hid not got a word abjut it ' ' M idum' we suid, at two o'clock we were souud asleep, a d hear 1 nothing of any nw. Then siiid the ir«te lady, tou ou^ht. to keep someone loukin^ o.it for thu«a disgrajoful distu ba icds. In order to a onciliati >v, we ask-*d her quiie politely, if nhe would be good ouough tos>*nd us u\> ut once, a small, but rich pound cue as we woro going to giTe a lntle teA pirty that •»emn<. Her answer is, that nh« don't keep pound rakei, becimu it would not pay ht-r busb.md to do it, ihj dmu.ind bein^ uo small. We said. ' jast an 1 paned on our way. Wa are brought, up all stauding by a hotel Le>per, who, ajlc* why we did not pnbliuh the dr.ift of; Mr Stoui's new Licnsm^ Act. We go to the cou'iter Ut ii»* n' a ttixpenc) tn I ask f r a boule Ot' No 2 Uliampat!(ie. fuo landlord utare*. and then lau^hi, and links whether we know what a tutMa of No 2 fosls Ih.d .' In reply, w» ask if h« knows what printlug six co In id is of a L censing Bill wou.d co-t us — Then w» l.iugh too. Do our gentle r«-adera underitund these allegorical illusions ! Wo wi.l not i.isult their nnaeretiiudins, by tliiukini; they do not. W r « huv« pur. tnem ax drlir-ately as pojhible.' We heai-tly whli our old frifud, Snyder, a mo>e gen^rou* support, aud a let* exacting pub ic.